Organized Scientific Fraud Is Growing at Alarming Rate

Study finds organised scientific fraud is now a booming, fast-growing industry

Researchers uncover strategies used by academicians to publish fraudulent research

Organized Scientific Fraud Is Growing at Alarming Rate

Scientific fraud has become an 'industry,' analysis finds

DAILY DOSE: Scientific fraud has become an industry – alarming analysis finds; Senate committee opposes Trump’s NIH cuts, proposes $400M budget increase. - Scientific Inquirer

Scientific fraud has become an industry – alarming analysis finds An investigative analysis reveals that scientific fraud has evolved into an organized industry. Networks—including “paper mills”—mass‑produce fabricated manuscripts and infiltrate journals, exploiting weak peer review systems. Retracted papers and compromised editorial practices have surged, prompting publishers to shut down problematic journals and retract thousands of articles. …

Collusion between journals, editors, authors leads to alarming growth of research fraud

The number of retracted articles and papers commented for misconduct on PubPeer has been doubling every 3.3 years and 3.6 years, respectively, while papers produced by paper mills have been doubling every 1.5 years